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Listen To What A Seismic Quake On Mars Sounds Like

Listen To What A Seismic Quake On Mars Sounds Like

NASA's InSight lander has picked up seismic activity on Mars for the first time ever, recording more than 20 "marsquakes" since April.
Turtles And Other Marine Life Are Dying In A Brazilian Oil Slick And Scientists Can’t Explain It

Turtles And Other Marine Life Are Dying In A Brazilian Oil Slick And Scientists Can’t Explain It

"We've never had an accident like this in Brazil."
Hotpot Pursuit: Chinese Police Arrest Fugitive After Finding His Apartment Through Scent Of His Dinner

Hotpot Pursuit: Chinese Police Arrest Fugitive After Finding His Apartment Through Scent Of His Dinner

When facial recognition failed to track down a fugitive, Chinese police relied on a more primitive instinct: smell.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner: The Highest-Ranking Nazi To Face Justice At Nuremberg

Ernst Kaltenbrunner: The Highest-Ranking Nazi To Face Justice At Nuremberg

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was instrumental in executing the Holocaust and so fanatical that he was even feared by other Nazis. So why haven't most people heard of him?
Be One Of The First In History To Witness A Supermassive Black Hole Destroy A Star

Be One Of The First In History To Witness A Supermassive Black Hole Destroy A Star

Events like this are not only incredibly rare but difficult to capture. NASA managed it with a state-of-the-art satellite and a network of robotic telescopes.
Special Tribunal Finds Evidence China Is Killing Religious And Ethnic Minorities — And Harvesting Their Organs

Special Tribunal Finds Evidence China Is Killing Religious And Ethnic Minorities — And Harvesting Their Organs

The tribunal reporting to the United Nations found evidence of forced organ harvesting of prisoners from the banned Falun Gong religion and the Uighur Muslim minority, among others.
Wealthy Middle Easterners Are Buying ‘Pet Cheetahs’ At Alarming Rates — And It May Lead To Their Extinction

Wealthy Middle Easterners Are Buying ‘Pet Cheetahs’ At Alarming Rates — And It May Lead To Their Extinction

"If you do the math, the math kind of shows that it's only going to be a matter of a couple of years [before] we are not going to have any cheetahs."
Inca Child Sacrifices Were Left On Top Of Volcanoes To Be Struck By Lightning, According To New Study

Inca Child Sacrifices Were Left On Top Of Volcanoes To Be Struck By Lightning, According To New Study

If a child was struck by lightning, that meant the gods accepted the sacrifice.
Russian Naval Vessel Attacked And Sunk By Aggressive Walrus During Arctic Expedition

Russian Naval Vessel Attacked And Sunk By Aggressive Walrus During Arctic Expedition

Incredibly, none of the passengers on the inflatable vessel were injured — and neither was the walrus.
Mickey Finn: The Chicago Bartender Who Infamously Drugged And Robbed Patrons With Laced Drinks

Mickey Finn: The Chicago Bartender Who Infamously Drugged And Robbed Patrons With Laced Drinks

Mickey Finn's scam inspired Chicago restaurant workers to rebel against stingy tippers by poisoning their food and would later be immortalized with the nefarious phrase "slip a Mickey."
Ancient Egyptians Hunted Crocodiles Specifically So They Could Mummify Them, New Study Suggests

Ancient Egyptians Hunted Crocodiles Specifically So They Could Mummify Them, New Study Suggests

A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force trauma to its head.